Population-based approaches to increase hypertension control: an urgent need

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Prisma Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Carolina and University of South, Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA. Donald.DiPette@uscmed.sc.edu.

Editorial

Chandler Richardson et al. Hypertens Res. 2025 Mar.

. 2025 Mar;48(3):1195-1197.

doi: 10.1038/s41440-024-02022-w. Epub 2024 Nov 26.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Prisma Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Carolina and University of South, Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA. Donald.DiPette@uscmed.sc.edu.

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Keywords: Healthcare access; Hypertension; Population health.

Conflict of interest statement

Compliance with ethical standards. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.

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